Land hermit crabs have been using bottle tops, parts of old light bulbs, and broken glass bottles as shelters instead of shells. Polish researchers studied 386 images of hermit crabs occupying these ...

A growing hermit crab is always on the lookout for a bigger shell, and when an appropriately sized shelter isn't readily available, these crustaceans sometimes have to make do with whatever debris ...

Hermit crabs are small crabs that carry shells on their backs, both for a home and for safety. But with shells being harder to find year after year, hermit crabs have had to spend more time in shells ...

A TikToker with the username @noodlesma posted a video of a hermit crab moving into a new shell, and viewers weren’t shy about sharing their thoughts on the crab’s living circumstances. Moving can be ...

Angela Sayre, the founder of Crustacean Plantation, a nonprofit dedicated to crab conservation and rehabilitation, captured the clip A hermit crab rescuer is sharing a rare look at the fascinating ...

Pictures and videos of hermit crabs creating new homes from human litter—co-opting anything from Lego pieces to soda cans to laundry detergent caps—have circulated the internet for well over a decade.

Land hermit crabs have been using bottle tops, parts of old light bulbs and broken glass bottles, instead of shells. New research by Polish researchers studied 386 images of hermit crabs occupying ...

A species of blanket hermit crab photographed by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) off the coast of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Hermit crabs are best known for using snail shells to protect ...

When wildlife photographer Shawn Miller discovered Okinawa's hermit crabs living in plastic bottle caps instead of shells, he ...